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APB: An innovation in the MMO world

I’ve been seeing a lot of different MMOs over the past 2 years crop up and fall to shit simply because there’s no innovation. Everything seems to be copying the same model and trying to throw own different little gimmicks that don’t ever mesh well with the trinity of MMORPGs (Healers, Tanks, DPS). I won’t go on listing the titles here but safe to say that juggernaut World of Warcraft is the only title that seems to have done things right enough to continue fielding new players and rake in the cash.

All Points Bulletin really has my attention. It had it a while ago during it’s announcement and even now it’s managed to go up a few notches. I’m already pretty cautious after the complete fucking failure that was Aion (let’s hope NCsoft changes things and give players more incentive to give them a second chance) so the idea of yet another MMO-type game has me leery.

Concerns not withstanding, APB looks like an interesting game. Here’s their latest podcast where you get to actually see some of the story behind the game, the lore if you will.

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